A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/07/15 / 2015-07-02 15:01:10 / July 2, 2015 @ 3:01 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 147.335° East, latitude -5.9841° South, depth = 82.79 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Lae in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 01:01:10 / 1:01 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002n0i. Id of event: us10002n0i. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 82.79 km (51 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lae. Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (56 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 90 km NNE of Lae, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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